Staple or fastener.



F. F. WINCHESTER. STAPLE OE FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.18, 1906.

PATENTED FEB. 26, 1907 I V/TNZZSSES 4 L VVZENTOR wxmw w WWuw steps in the method. of securin Fig l he operation of my improvements is as fol- To all whom it may copce nr e I v 1 Be it known that I, Fnnb F. Winohsspm'e',

I -made of other metal form as may be desired. The staple 4 is provided at its respective ends nearer the prong 5, the staple is bent at an obtuse angle, as shown at 7, for a purpose ap- FRED F. WINCHESTER, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

ST APLE OR FASSTENER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

l 'atented Feb. 26, 1907.

Application filed August is, 1906. Serial No. 331,217.

a resident of St. Paul, in the county of Ram= sey and State of Minnesota, have invented 1 certain new and useful Improvements in Staples or Fasteners {ind I do hereby de clare the following to be a full, clear, and ex? act description of the invention, siich as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains'to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improved staple or fastener, the object of the invention being to provide an improved article of manufacture which has a wide range of use and is particularly adapted for securing a tenon in its mortise; and the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of arts, as will be more fully hereinafter descri ed, and pointed out in the claims.

in the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a chair-leg, illustrating the three the rounds to the leg with my improved stap e or fastener; and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the staple. -1 represents a chair-leg, and 2 the rounds, the ends of the latter forming tenons to fit in mortises 3 in the leg 1 I 4 represents my improved staple or fastener, which is shown of wire, but may be with oppositely-projecting prongs 5 and 6, I and at a point between its ends, preferably parent by reference to the second ropnd in lows: The staple is placed in the mortise, as shown in the upper round of Fig. 1, with its rong Sagainst the wall of the mortise and its bend 7 at the edge of the mortise. The round is then forced into the'mortise, andit will drive the prong 5 down intothe leg, as

shown at the second round in F ig. 1. The bend 7 then positions prong 6 so that it can be readily driveninto the round, as shown in the lowest round of Fig. 1,and the round and leg will be permanently secured together.

My improved staple or fastener can bc em ployed to secure the logs in the chair-bottom and, in tact, may be used wherever a tenonis to be secured in a mortise and will permanently secure the parts without disfiguring the structure in the slightest. 'lfhc staples can be made at a very small cost and are extremely valuable in repair work, as well as in new work, as any one of average intelligence can use them.

A great many slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of the parts described without departing from my ii'ivention, and hence I do not restrict myself to the precise details set forth, but considcrmyself at l.=.berty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fullydescribed myinvcntion, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A staple comprising a metal-strip with oppositcly-projecting prongs at its respective I ends, sa;d strip bent at a point approX.11'1'atcly the same distance from one end the length ofthe prong at that end, the inner side of the bend being on the same side as said last-- mentioned prong, and the angle of snid'beml being such that the point of the other prong stands approximately in line with theportionof the strip adjacent to the first-mentioned prong.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification 1n the presence of two subscribmg witnesses.

. Fl RED W'itnesscs:

J. R. CABANNE, IRA ULFnns.

F. winonns'ricn. i 

